By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune People with autism, and other neurodivergent diagnoses, are said to be at a higher risk for thoughts of suicide. However, professionals say the data is still in its infancy. According to data included in the 2025...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Governor Tate Reeves (R) is rescinding his special session call intended to redistrict state Supreme Court lines. “The plaintiffs have stipulated that they are not going to seek any new elections in 2026 on judicial...
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com The office was in its usual Monday morning subdued chaos, nothing new about the muffled exclamations, one-on-one conversations, and general hubbub. But still, there was a decidedly different element in the air. ...
Special to The Mississippi Monitor Infrastructure technology company Azuria Water Solutions has officially broken ground on a new 72,000-square-foot Fusible PVC Pipe manufacturing facility in Batesville, marking an $80 million investment that is expected to...
By: Marilyn Tinnin, Magnolia Tribune The quaint, weathered, rambling house with the wide front porch and untamed vegetation peeking over the back fence is not exactly hidden from view as one drives past it on Madison’s Main Street. There is a small,...
By: Chris Burrows, Associated Press Mississippi quarterback Trinidad Chambliss is ready to “disappear” for a while. Having spent the previous eight months under college football’s media microscope, the sixth-year senior smiled when reporters asked about...
By: Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune Despite the Magnolia State having some of the lowest gas prices in the nation, Mississippians are growing increasingly frustrated at the pump as statewide prices have jumped nearly 25 cents in a month. From Jackson to...
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune The Mississippi State Department of Health is now expanding access to substance use disorder treatment statewide after success of a novel pilot program. “This work reflects a simple principle: Substance use disorder...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Mississippi has filed motions in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi to end federal court oversight of the State’s child welfare system that resulted from the 2004 Olivia Y. lawsuit....
By Catherine McPhate, Executive Director of Natchez Children’s Services The most important work in child protection rarely makes headlines. It happens quietly, behind closed doors, where law enforcement, social workers, prosecutors, and counselors come...
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Chaney received the 2026 Malcolm McMillin Public Service Award during the Police Memorial and Top Cop Appreciation Day held at the Mississippi Trade Mart in Jackson, Miss. on Tuesday, May 12, 2026....
By: Nathan Duff, Delta State University Communications Delta State University has announced the creation of the Delta Heroes Scholarship, a new financial assistance program designed to support graduate students from Mississippi who serve communities...
The Mississippi Council on Economic Education (MCEE) is delighted to announce it has received a very generous grant from BlackRock to expand financial literacy education opportunities for K-12 Mississippi teachers and students statewide. This investment comes...
By: Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune The Jackson City Council voted last week to eliminate the Parks and Recreation Department to reduce an estimated $23 million deficit, folding it into two other city departments. The shuttering would save the city...
Meridian Community College is launching a new automotive technology program made possible through support from AccelerateMS. MCC students will receive hands-on training in core automotive systems and emerging technologies. Instruction will meet Automotive...
By: Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune There’s a little corner of West Point where rosemary spills toward the sidewalk, pollinators drift lazily through the air, and two cats help run an herbal empire. It’s called The Great Catsby Herb Cartel, a place...
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune After a decade of efforts by attorneys general across the nation, the $7.4 billion opioid settlement with Purdue Pharma was deemed legally effective earlier this month. Of that total, Mississippi is anticipated to...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated the liability order in Mississippi’s state Supreme Court judicial redistricting case. The move comes after the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v....
Mississippi State Hospital celebrated its 2025 Employees of the Year during the annual Employee Recognition Event held Thursday, April 23, in the Public Relations Conference Center. This year’s theme, “Painting in The ’Sip,” brought a fun and creative touch to...
Lockers Manufacturing, a custom storage systems producer, is expanding its Batesville operations through a $9.7 million investment that will create 25 new jobs. The company, which has manufactured metal lockers since 2014, expanded its product line in 2024 to include...
